Obama to address Ebenezer Baptist Church - MLK's church - today [View All]

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But wait.....down in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20th, Barack Obama will address the congregation of the Ebenezer Baptist Church -- the church where Dr. Martin Luther King was baptized as a child, where he became an ordained minister at the age of 18 (Wait a minute, did he have enough experience?!), where he became co-pastor in 1960 -- the post he held until his death in 1968, and where his funeral was held the same year.

It would seem that Barack Obama has been given a powerful pulpit from which to speak, the pulpit from which many of today's ministers, including Mr. Butts have drawn their inspiration, but unlike Hillary, whose appearance at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church is mired in the inner city politics of New York, Barack Obama will come to the pulpit with nothing but his message of hope, and his vision of a new dream for America. I am sure it will be a powerful, moving and memorable moment in presidential campaign history whether or not he wins the nomination of his party. If nothing else, perhaps that moment will inspire others to strive to preserve their personal integrity rather than lowering themselves to the point where the end justifies the means, at all costs.

And as for those who think Mr. Butt's endorsement will move the African American electorate in South Carolina, think again. For South Carolina voters, it is the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Dr. King's home state of Atlanta, Georgia that is not only closer to home but closer to the hearts of South Carolina's African American electorate.

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Read the whole thing here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/20/1289/40318/487/439876